Newburgh teen smirks during sentencing for killing Cornwall manGOSHEN - He smiled when he was arraigned on murder charges. He snickered when he pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. And at his sentencing Monday in Orange County Court, as the grandfather of the man he killed spoke about pain and loss, 18-year-old Devin Isaac smirked."You have your smile on your face. More

Swanky condo owners get full views of sex in the parkIt’s the million-dollar peep show nobody wanted. New Yorkers who shelled out millions for swanky condos with views of Marcus Garvey Park are looking out their floor-to-ceiling windows at plenty of trunks and limbs — but they belong to all the couples having sex in broad daylight there. More

Catalonia crisis relief rally helps global stocks hit record high; attention turns to Fed meeting minutesBad news may come in threes for Provident Financial if the City watchdog delivers another blow when it hands out its verdict on a possible mis-selling scandal at its Vanquis Bank division, analysts at Barclays warned yesterday. The note reignited investor ...10/11/2017 - 5:54 am | View Link

Record October high of 37.9 degrees set in HsinchuTaipei, Oct. 9 (CNA) A record high of 37.9 degrees Celsius was reported in Hsinchu County at 11:59 a.m. Monday, an all-time October high since the Hsinchu weather station was established in 1938. The previous high for an October temperature at the weather ...10/8/2017 - 6:57 pm | View Link

Record high temperature for Charleston area set at 2:55 p.m.: 95 degreesCharleston set a new record high for September as temperatures soared to 95 at 2:55 p.m. Thursday, breaking a previous record set in 1986. The temperatures are 10 to 15 degrees warmer than normal everywhere except the immediate coast, according to the ...09/28/2017 - 4:02 am | View Link

San Francisco hits 106 degrees — shatters all-time record ...Friday, September 1 brought new record temperatures for a number of Bay Area cities. Here are some ways to beat the heat in the Bay Area Here are some ways to beat ...09/2/2017 - 6:41 am | View Website

San Francisco smashes all-time record high temperature ...At San Francisco International Airport, the mercury touched 104, a record for the month of September but just short of the all-time high of 106 set June 14, 1961.09/1/2017 - 10:48 pm | View Website

San Francisco Soars to All-Time Record High of 106 Degrees ...A blistering heat wave bearing down on the Bay Area Friday broke an all-time temperature record in San Francisco, which joined a host of other cities ...09/1/2017 - 6:23 pm | View Website

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"The Chefs' Table series is aired on local access TV stations. For information, visit www.chefstablefoundation.org. Airing the week of Oct. 15:The Chefs' Table series: The Feisty Greek cooking demoThe Chefs' Table Series® features the family run restaurant The feisty Greek with the Tiglianidis Family. Charlie Tiglianidis instructs viewers how to make a lamb shank with their family sauce, served with lemon roasted potatoes and Greek Salad.

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The mother of a Micmac Indian who plays football for Lisbon High School alleges that fans and players mocked Native Americans with offensive stereotypes throughout Friday’s game at Wells High School.
Wells fans – both students and adults – were “running around with hands over their mouths,” making whooping sounds, and banging on drums and 5-gallon buckets with offensive chants, said Amelia Tuplin, whose 16-year-old son Lucas Francis, is Lisbon’s quarterback.
Some fans had faces painted with “war paint,” she said.

What could go wrong during a sentimental gathering of family and friends at a cozy old inn in Maine? The answer is: plenty, when the family is, as one character remarks, good at putting the “fun in dysfunction.”
Author/director Michael J. Tobin has given his play “Falling Leaves” the subtitle “A Romantic Dramedy.” Currently having its premiere run at the Footlights in Falmouth, this work indeed piles plenty of romance, drama and comedy into its warmly entertaining 90 minutes.
Folksy, good humor is the order of the day in the first act as the audience is introduced to Autumn, an innkeeper/matriarch who, a decade later, still mourns her husband’s death.

There’s still a long time until Election Day, but Democrats have a big gap to make up if they hope to catch up with the campaign finances available to U. S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, the two-term Republican from Maine’s 2nd District.
The half dozen hopefuls on the Democratic side have taken in more than $300,000 so far — enough to give them a boost but still well behind the $1.5 million that Poliquin has stashed in his campaign treasury.
Leading the pack is State Rep.